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Tierra del Sol, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91905. It lies near Rattlesnake Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Tierra del Sol quadrangle.

Tierra del Sol within San Diego County

Then and now

1931 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tierra del Sol, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Tierra del Sol, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

256 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Tierra del Sol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,446 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined93
Equipment and vehicle use53
Debris and open burning35
Recreation and ceremony34
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSan Diego UnitB5 2
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern California AgencyCHURCH RD
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitPOND
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHI PASS RD TIERRA_DEL_SO
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresSouthern California AgencyBORDER FIRE # 22
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouthern California AgencyMESA FIRE
25 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictJACUMBA 2
25 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthern California AgencyBIA10FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Tierra del Sol: 4 producers, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Quartz. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gibson DepositQuartzProducer
Risley Burroughs DepositQuartzProducer
Walker DepositQuartzProducer
Walker DepositQuartz, SilicaPast Producer
White Butte DepositQuartzProducer
FanningSilicaProspect
Gibson DepositSilicaPast Producer
Risley DepositSilicaPast Producer
Round Mountain DepositsSilicaProspect
Sweetman DepositSilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Manzanita3.7 miles19
Calexico Lodge3.7 miles19
Boulevard3.9 miles19
Bankhead Springs4.6 miles20
Live Oak Springs4.8 miles19
Clover Flat5.6 miles22
Jacumba Hot Springs7.0 miles15
Barrett7.3 miles22

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122549500The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661572. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.